Philadelphia Cops Fire Back After Black Lives Matter Protesters Descend On Officer's Home
Philadelphia Cops Fire Back After Black Lives Matter Protesters Descend On Officer’s Home
In Philadelphia, an officer involved in a fatal shooting found a number of BLM supporters massed outside his home.
Now, his fellow officers are making it clear they stand by their co-worker.
Philadelphia cops held a rally of their own Thursday night in response to a protest last week by local Black Lives Matter activists outside the home of a cop identified in a fatal civilian shooting.
The rally was held at the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5 headquarters and featured several speakers. Emotions quickly escalated and FOP President John McNesby made one jarring statement.
“When you go to work each day, you shouldn’t have to worry that a pack of rabid animals will suddenly show up at your home and openly threaten your family,” he told the gathered crowd of a couple hundred people, according to WHYY.
That “pack” he referred to is the dozen or so activists who protested last Thursday outside the Northeast Philadelphia house of Officer Ryan Pownall. He has been identified by the police department as the officer who shot David Jones in the back as Jones ran from a confrontation with Pownall in June.
McNesby went on to describe BLM as one of a number of “racist hate groups” looking to stir up violence.
Philadelphia Cops Fire Back After Black Lives Matter Protesters Descend On Officer’s Home
In Philadelphia, an officer involved in a fatal shooting found a number of BLM supporters massed outside his home.
Now, his fellow officers are making it clear they stand by their co-worker.
Philadelphia cops held a rally of their own Thursday night in response to a protest last week by local Black Lives Matter activists outside the home of a cop identified in a fatal civilian shooting.
The rally was held at the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5 headquarters and featured several speakers. Emotions quickly escalated and FOP President John McNesby made one jarring statement.
“When you go to work each day, you shouldn’t have to worry that a pack of rabid animals will suddenly show up at your home and openly threaten your family,” he told the gathered crowd of a couple hundred people, according to WHYY.
That “pack” he referred to is the dozen or so activists who protested last Thursday outside the Northeast Philadelphia house of Officer Ryan Pownall. He has been identified by the police department as the officer who shot David Jones in the back as Jones ran from a confrontation with Pownall in June.
McNesby went on to describe BLM as one of a number of “racist hate groups” looking to stir up violence.
